On 05/25/2011 01:20 PM, Paul Fox wrote:
> > Its the other way around. The original problem was reported by people
> > using the racks. We just theorized that people who stack them would
> > also have a similar problem.
>> yes. but quozl's test of xo-1 laptops, as reported in the above
> comment link, showed screen damage when vertically stacked. he
> didn't test in a rack. i was suggesting that the temperatures might
> not rise as high in the charging racks, which is sridhar's use case.
Perhaps not quite as high but I think it will still get high enough to
cause the LCD damage. I often discharge batteries by leaving a bank of
machines at OFW running watch-battery. Once I was using a bank of XO-1s
and tried to save floor space by leaving the laptops closed and placing
them up against the wall. The not exactly like they would be in a rack
but very similar. When I returned the laptops in the middle were very
hot. So hot I almost could not handle them.
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Richard A. Smith <richard at laptop.org>
One Laptop per Child